DJ and friends attacked, police looking for witnesses

A long-time local DJ and two friends were the victims of a
stabbing attack in Whistler Village this Victoria Day weekend.

The three were walking to a friend’s house around 3:15 a.m.
Saturday from a local nightclub where Rosco had been spinning when the attack
took place.

“It was a great night,” said Rosco, who doesn’t want his real
name used for fear of retaliation.

“…The first wave of them we saw was about 10 to 12 individuals,
and as we were walking they spread out and almost formed a wall… so that it
wouldn’t be easy to get by.

“Then as we were walking one of them stuck his shoulder out and
knocked my shoulder with it… and as I turned around and said, ‘hey guys’ there
was three guys on me and one of them grabbed my backpack and the other two
threw me to the ground.

“There was no (heated) exchange, there was no fight. It wasn’t
like we started something…. We were walking and these guys grabbed onto me.”

Rosco said he was kicked and beaten until he lost
consciousness, twice.

“I just felt an incredible amount of kicks coming from every
side and I just did my best to keep my head covered and before too long I lost
consciousness,” said Rosco.

His friends were also attacked.

Rosco was stabbed twice, once in the ribs and once in the lower
stomach. One friend was stabbed in the back, just a centimetre from his spinal
column, while the other was stabbed in the stomach area. They think the weapon
was a screwdriver.

As the attack continued Rosco said his friends fought back as
much as they could, all the while yelling to try and get help and to try and
convince their assailants to leave-off.

During the melee Rosco said he realized his backpack with about
$7,000 worth of DJ equipment in it was missing.

When one of the attackers began to run away Rosco, his shirt
torn, bleeding profusely from his face and abdominal stab wounds, and missing
his shoes, gave chase.

He said he tried to stop the cab they jumped into but the cab
driver wouldn’t stop.

Another cab driver alerted police and emergency personnel were
on scene within minutes. Rosco and his friends were taken to the Whistler
Health Care Centre where they were treated for several hours before being
released.

“I am shocked,” said Rosco of the attack, adding that despite
the resort’s reputation for trouble on the May long weekend that has never been
his experience.

Said his friend: “We are all long-time Whistler residents and
nothing like this has ever happened to us.

“…We didn’t do anything at all to even precipitate it.”

According to an RCMP press release a third group was
responsible for the stabbing and the theft and the attack was part of a brawl
that started from a heated exchange.

But Rosco and his friends claim there was no third group
involved and they did nothing to start the fight.

The investigation is continuing said RCMP Staff Sgt Steve
LeClair.

Police records show that only one person was stabbed.

Police are looking for witnesses to the incident. Anyone with information
can call the Whistler RCMP at 604-932-3044 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

RCMP had even more officers on duty for the Victoria Day long
weekend than last year as they prepared for what traditionally is a busy time.
On Friday over-night there were 10 extra officers patrolling the Village Stroll
area, where the stabbing occurred.